Julia Noland

Senior Lecturer

Julia Noland studies cognitive control (the ability to override competing attentional and behavioral responses) in children. Her Ph.D. training was in experimental psychology with infants. That background is useful as she seeks to develop assessments to more specifically target distinct aspects of cognitive control, such as working memory and inhibitory control. Such targeted assessments are aimed at allowing for dialogue with neurobiological models of cognitive control. Noland's lab is working to develop infant assessments of cognitive control. Identifying profiles of cognitive control deficits earlier could inform our understanding of how behavioral and neurological development in this domain goes awry and suggest avenues for early intervention.

Representative Publications

Noland, J.S., & Rodrigues, N. P. (in press).Direct touches to clear barriers: Developmental sensitivity of a new measure of the production of ineffective responses in infancy. Child Neuropsychology.